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Chapter 14: Middle Cretaceous silicic metavolcanic rocks in the Kings Canyon area, central Sierra Nevada, California Chapter 14: Middle Cretaceous silicic metavolcanic rocks in the Kings Canyon area, central Sierra Nevada, California
Metamorphosed silicic volcanic and hypabyssal rocks of middle Cretaceous (110 to 100 Ma) age occur in two roof pendants in the Kings Canyon area of the central Sierra Nevada. The metavolcanic remnants are similar in age to or are only slightly older than the voluminous enclosing batholithic rocks. Thus, high to surface levels of the batholith are implied for this region. This is...
Authors
J.B. Saleeby, R. W. Kistler, Samuel Longiaru, James G. Moore, Warren J. Nokleberg
Program to prepare standard figures for grade-tonnage models on a Macintosh Program to prepare standard figures for grade-tonnage models on a Macintosh
Grade-tonnage models are frequency distributions of deposit tonnage and grades of mineral deposits of a specific type. The program described here allows users to prepare standard figures of grade and tonnage distributions and display the deposit name associated with any of the data points. Titles and scales appropriate for most deposit types are plotted automatically for tonnage, Cu, Ni...
Authors
Donald A. Singer, James D. Bliss
Evolution of the Tertiary La Honda basin, central California Evolution of the Tertiary La Honda basin, central California
Tertiary strata of the La Honda basin are exposed in the Santa Cruz Mountains along the central California coast south of San Francisco. The basin fill has a composite thickness of more than 14,500 m and consists of sedimentary and volcanic rocks that in places rest on granitic basement rocks of the Salinia terrane. Paleogene strata are mainly turbidite sandstone and hemipelagic mudstone...
Authors
Richard G. Stanley
Review of paleomagnetic data from the Klamath Mountains, Blue Mountains, and Sierra Nevada; Implications for paleogeographic reconstructions Review of paleomagnetic data from the Klamath Mountains, Blue Mountains, and Sierra Nevada; Implications for paleogeographic reconstructions
Paleomagnetic studies of the Klamath Mountains, Blue Mountains, Sierra Nevada, and northwestern Nevada pertain mostly to Jurassic and Cretaceous rocks, but some data also are available for Permian and Triassic rocks of the region. Large vertical-axis rotations are indicated for rocks in many of the terranes, but few studies show statistically significant latitudinal displacements. The...
Authors
Edward A. Mankinen, William P. Irwin
Epithermal gold-siver deposits in the western United States: time-space products of evolving plutonic, volcanic and tectonic environments Epithermal gold-siver deposits in the western United States: time-space products of evolving plutonic, volcanic and tectonic environments
The western United States has been the locus of considerable subaerial volcanic and plutonic igneous activity since the mid-Mesozoic. After the destruction of the Jurassic-Cretaceous magmatic arc-trench system, subduction was re-established in the Late Mesozoic with low-angle underthrusting of the oceanic plate beneath western North America. This resulted in crustal shortening during the...
Authors
Byron R. Berger, Harold F. Bonham
Saline minerals in the Lewis Cliff ice tongue, Buckley Island Quadrangle, Antarctica Saline minerals in the Lewis Cliff ice tongue, Buckley Island Quadrangle, Antarctica
No abstract available.
Authors
J. J. Fitzpatrick, D.R. Muhs, A.J.T. Jull
The San Andreas Fault System, California The San Andreas Fault System, California
Maps of northern and southern California printed on flyleaf inside front cover and on adjacent pages show faults that have had displacement within the past 2 million years. Those that have had displacement within historical time are shown in red. Bands of red tint emphasize zones of historical displacement; bands of orange tint emphasize major faults that have had Quaternary displacement...
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Geology, Energy, and Minerals Mission Area, Natural Hazards Mission Area, Earthquake Hazards Program, Energy Resources Program, Mineral Resources Program, Science and Decisions Center, Earthquake Science Center, Geologic Hazards Science Center, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center
Maps showing elevation of bedrock and implications for design of engineered structures to withstand earthquake shaking in San Mateo County, California Maps showing elevation of bedrock and implications for design of engineered structures to withstand earthquake shaking in San Mateo County, California
No abstract available.
Authors
W.H. Hensolt, E. E. Brabb
Preliminary maps showing landslide deposits and related features in New Mexico Preliminary maps showing landslide deposits and related features in New Mexico
No abstract available.
Authors
Mauro Cardinali, Fausto Guzzetti, Earl E. Brabb
Multichannel seismic-reflection data collected in 1982 in the eastern Chukchi Sea Multichannel seismic-reflection data collected in 1982 in the eastern Chukchi Sea
No abstract available.
Authors
Arthur Grantz, R. W. Sliter, D. M. Mann, S. D. May
Adsorption of selenium by amorphous iron oxyhydroxide and manganese dioxide Adsorption of selenium by amorphous iron oxyhydroxide and manganese dioxide
This work compares and models the adsorption of selenium and other anions on a neutral to alkaline surface (amorphous iron oxyhydroxide) and an acidic surface (manganese dioxide). Selenium adsorption on these oxides is examined as a function of pH, particle concentration, oxidation state, and competing anion concentration in order to assess how these factors might influence the mobility...
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Laurie S. Balistrieri, T. T. Chao